National Fisherman

Jessica Hathaway

Former Editor in chief

Jessica Hathaway is the former editor in chief of National Fisherman.

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Lumping groundfish at the Portland (Maine) Fish Exchange 1992. Nance Trueworthy photo.

Fishing Then & Now: A look at marine protected areas

Captain Eric Perez, Michael Cowan (unloader and helps stack the boat) Sam Walton, Chris Fiester, and Adam Keeler. Not pictured are Jordan Murphy and John Barnson (pictured at right).

Catching up with the Oregon-based Dungeness crab crew on the FV Carter Jon

Matt Alward of United Fishermen of Alaska, Keith Colburn of the F/V Wizard, Jessica Hathaway of National Fisherman and Ted Teske of NIOSH meet at the Maine Fishermen's Forum in 2016, back when we did such things as gather en masse.

Turning of the tide

Salmon going into the F/V Princess blast freezer. Fish are placed on a tray in front of a giant fan and freeze in an hour. The crew stacks the sashimi-grade fish in one side of the fish hold. Princess Seafood photos.

Domestic seafood marketing funds back on the table

A fleet of four Super Alia designs will be used to train new entrants into the fishery, as well as established fishermen, and to ensure the safety of the local commercial fishing fleet. ACI Boats image

Wash. yard wins $3 million contract to build government-funded commercial fishing boats

The National Seafood Council Task Force provides a social media toolkit among other resources for industry supporters to promote a national marketing campaign for seafood, available at seafoodcampaign.org/resources.

Task force says $25 million to promote seafood is within reach

Boston Highlights: What to see at SENA

Northline Seafoods launched its barge to revolutionize salmon processing in Alaska’s Bristol Bay. A strong storm and snapped anchor lines put a snag in that plan. Kai Raymond photo.

Report on beached fish barge that caused $4.5 million in damages

Large reef fish, like this Warsaw grouper caught in the mid-1970s, are a rarity these days, but it’s the big fish that produce the greatest number of offspring. By creating no-harvest zones off the South Atlantic coast, managers hope to improve the brood

Fishing Then & Now: A look at marine protected areas

Local fishermen say the 42-foot Seastar was allowed to run aground, despite offers to tow it away from the beach. California Fish and Wildlife's Office of Spill Prevention and Response photo

Lost at Sea: Fishing families question Coast Guard’s response to unmanned crabber